The Portland daily press., 1887-05-12
BASE BALL.
CAME TODAY.

The Portlands will play the Manchesters
again this afternoon. Reardon will proba-
bly, pitch for the Manchesters, and will make
our boys do some guessing before they gauge
him. Game will be called at o'clock.
PORTLAND, "a; MANCHEsTERs, IA.
There were about 700 people present at the
game yesterday between the Portlands and
Manchesters. 1t was the first meeting of
the two clubs and there was much specula-
tion as to what.the result would be, as the
Manchesters started the season with flying
colors. The visitors are a good looking set
Of ball players, and, although their captain,
T. McDermott, was little too demonstra-
tive at times, they behaved in a very eredita-
BILE manner on the field. Williams occupied
the box for them and was batted hard
hard enough to retire him in most cases, but
he stuck to it and stood his punishment well.
He is large man and resembles Cavanagh,
the old Portland first baseman, somewhat.
He was little wild at times, but got through
with giving only two men their bases on
balls. The Portlands presented Quinn and
Thayer as battery. 1t is the first time the
former has pitched league game, with the
exception Of the trial in Boston before he re-
covered from his lameness. He has very
puzzling curves, and the record Of yesterday
Is nothing to judge him by as several of the
hits were made after three men should have
been out, and then again the Portlands had
such a lead that there was no need Of his
exerting himself. He did excellent work at
the bat getting two singles, two doubles and
a three bagger. Thayer caught him well and
played good game.
The Portlands started out with Mr.. viii
liams in the first inning. They scored seven
runs on five singles and three bagger, two
muffed flies and a wild pitch. They con-
tinued this sort Of thing right through the
game. being blanked in only two innings. A
detailed account of how they got the rest Of
their "a runs would be as tedious as the
game got to be. and we forbear.
The Manchesters got three runs in the first
inning on base on balls, passed ball,
muffed fly, two hits and put out, and three
more in the second on an error by Andrus,
another base on balls and two hits The
score then stood seven to six for Portland.
but the latter gradually pulled away from
their opponents, so the result was virtually
settled before the game was half through
In the Manchesters' half of the 9th inning
there was queer mixing of matters and they
scored five runs as follows NJ McDermOft
went out on foul fly to Hatfield, and then
Cavanan got a three base hit to left field and
came In on Wild pitch, scoring the first one
OF the five. L. McDermOtt then got his base
on balls and went TO second ON Carney's hit
past short stop. This left men on second
and third with Doyle at the bat. The latter
drove hot grOunder to Andrus, which the
latter fumbled, and in his efforts to recover
tha hall ba w knocked OVpr hW (1aFQgN WIN
was running TO second. Doyle was safe at
first and the bases were all full. Meara
then drove another hot grounder TO Hatfield
and the latter found 1t so hot that he couldn't
field 1t till Meara was safe at first with all
advanced one base and run scored. KOOns
then hit to Hatfield, who delded TO second
putting out Meara, and then Andrus threw
TO Shoeneck putting out KOOns as SchOeneek
supposed. The umpire called KoOns safe,
however. but not until SchOeneck had rolled
the ball towards the pitchers box, and the
players were coming in from the field. Then
Sehoeneck was seen to wildly make a dive
for the ball and the Manchesters on bases
commenced to run. 1t was a lively affair
Tor moment, and when the smoke Tor dust
of the conflict cleared away two men had
scored and kOOns was on second. Then the
Portlands had TO go to work and put another
man out, koons scoring while they were try
ing TO do it.
The fielding Of both clubs was n little of.
Trask made good stop of Lufbery's hit in
the Sth inning, and Cayanan spoiled a two
base hit for Schoeneck In the 3rd, so that the
latter got only one base on it. For the Port
lands, DickersOn covered his usual amount
Of territory, and that Is a large patch. Hat
field made one Of his brilliant catches of a
foul fly in the Sth inning, and Lufbbry made
a hne stop OF hard batted bali by Meara in
the third. The score and summary will give
better idea Of the batting than anything
that could be said, with the exception that
Hatfeld's two three baggers would have been
only doubles to an ordinary player as he ran
like deer Quinn led at the bat, a rare
thing for pitcher to do. Following is the
score.